Undergraduate Advisor Email: wst-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca  (416-287-7184)

The Women’s and Gender Studies program examines the development, transmission and transformation of ideas and attitudes about women and gender, and studies the social, cultural and economic expression of these ideas across a wide variety of societies, cultures and historic periods. The program encourages students to integrate theory and practice by utilizing a variety of methods, considering perspectives from a wide range of disciplines, and working for change and equality in their communities and daily lives.

By emphasizing the global diversity of women’s lives and experiences, the Women’s and Gender Studies program asks students to think about the theoretical and practical, real-world significance of differences in race, ethnicity, class, age, ability, sexualities and gender identity. Courses, many of which incorporate experiential learning, enhance understanding of diverse themes including women’s role in society, history, philosophy, literature, the media, the environment and development.

Women’s and Gender Studies introduces students to interdisciplinary ways of thinking and working drawn from the Humanities, Social and Life Sciences. Faculty teaching in the program, and students enrolled in the program, come from a wide variety of disciplines. Students will develop critical and analytical skills for thinking, writing and oral communication that will prepare them to work in a wide variety of workplaces and community environments.

Completion of a program in Women’s and Gender Studies is especially useful for students preparing for careers in research, business, administration, government, law, journalism, education, social work, equity issues, and many forms of public and community activism.

Women's and Gender Studies Areas of Concentration Table:

Health, Sexualities, and the Gendered Body

Gender, Equity, and Human Rights

ANTC15H3 Genders and Sexualities ANTD01H3 The Body in Culture and Society ENGB74H3 The Body in Literature and Film (ENGC77H3)/(VPAC48H3) The Body in Contemporary Culture: Theories and Representations GGRD10H3 Health and Sexuality HLTC02H3 Women and Health: Past and Present PSYD18H3 Psychology of Gender WSTB12H3 Senior Seminar in Sex, Gender and the Body

GASB20H3 Gender and Social Institutions in Asia MGHC23H3/(MGTC23H3) Diversity in the Workplace POLC94H3 Globalization, Gender and Development SOCC09H3 Sociology of Gender and Work SOCC38H3 Gender and Education WSTB10H3 Women, Power and Protest WSTC14H3 Women, Community and Policy Change WSTC40H3 Gender and Disability AFSC97H3/HISC97H3 Women in Sub-Saharan Africa WSTD04H3 Senior Seminar in Gender, Equity and Human Rights

Representations and Constructions of Women and Gender

Gender, Local and Global Communities, and Diaspora

ENGB50H3 Women and Literature: Forging a Tradition [(ENGB51H3) or ENGC54H3] Gender and Genre ENGC34H3 Early Modern Women and Literature: 1500-1700 ENGC51H3 Contemporary Arab Women Writers ENGD80H3 Women and Canadian Writing LINC28H3/WSTC28H3 Language and Gender PHLB13H3 Philosophy and Feminism SOCB22H3 Sociology of Gender (VPHB57H3) Women in the Arts: Hot Mamas, Amazona, and Madonnas WSTB13H3 Gender, Media and Culture WSTC12H3 Writing the Self: Global Women's Autobiographies WSTC16H3 Criminal Women: Gender, Justice and the Media WSTC22H3 Gender and Film WSTD07H3 Themes in the History of Childhood and Culture

ANTC14H3 Feminism and Anthropology GASC20H3 Gendering Global Asia GASD20H3 Advanced Seminar: Social Change and Gender Relations in Chinese Societies GGRD09H3 Feminist Geographies HISC45H3 Immigrant and Race Relations in Canadian History HISD30H3 Gendering America HISD46H3/WSTD46H3 Selected Topics in Canadian Women's History HISD56H3 'Coolies' and Others: Asian Labouring Diasporas in the British Empire HISD16H3/WSTD16H3 Socialist Feminism in Global Context SOCB49H3 Sociology of Family SOCC24H3 Special Topics in Gender and Family SOCC29H3 Family and Gender in the Middle East WSTC10H3 Women and Development (WSTC11H3) Applied Studies in Women and Development WSTC13H3 Women, Gender and Islam WSTC20H3 Women, Gender and Environmental (In)Justice WSTD10H3 Storytelling and Social Change

Guidelines for first year course selection
Students who intend to complete a Women's and Gender Studies program should first take WSTA01H3 and WSTA03H3 in their first year before proceeding to the upper level courses.

For updates and detailed information regarding Women's and Gender Studies, please visit the Historical and Cultural Studies website.

Service Learning and Outreach
For an experiential learning opportunity that also serves others, consider the course CTLB03H3 (Introduction to Service Learning), which can be found in the "Teaching and Learning” section of the Calendar.